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A. S. HOOD.

BEAIDING MACHINE.

Patented July 31, 1888 INVENTDH N. PETERS, Phafioliihogrnphlr. Wuhlnglnn, D-G

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ARNOLD S. HOOD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

BRAlDlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,075, dated Jul 31, 1888. Application filed December 27, 1887. Serial No. 259,174. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARNOLD S. H001), a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Braiding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the improved construction of the loopforming bars of the braiding-machine, as hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a horizontal section of the carriers and the upright drivingshaft and a partial plan view of the top plate, which is broken away at one side to show the relative positions of the operating-cams. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section. Fig. 3 represents a piece of the braid, showing the looped edges.

in the accompanying drawings, A is the grooved upper plate of the machine; B B, the serpentine grooves of the plate; 0 O, the carriers, which are carried along the grooves B by means of the horns D of the gears E, as usual in braidingmachines. The grooved plate A is also provided with the opposite radial slots F F, in which are placed the standards G G,which slide loosely in the said slots, and are moved therein by means of the cams H H upon the opposite carriergears, E E, and the cams I 1 upon the opposite external gears, J ,J, the cams H H being adapted to cause the outward movement and the cams I I the inward movement of the said standards.

The loop-forming bars K K are turned upward at their inner ends and carried through the fixed guide L, within which the braid M is formed. The bars K K are preferably enlarged to form a shank, a, which loosely fits within the cavity of the hollow projection b of the standards G G, so that the standards can be moved in and out by the action of the cams, while the loop-forming bars K Kare held from such movement by means of the braid or the braid-guide L. WVhen the machine is set in operation, by turning the shaft N the carriers O G will be set in motion and the stand ards G G will be thrown, by means of the cams I I, to the inner side of the moving carriers and by the cams H H to the outer side of the same, so that the thread from the carriers will alternately pass under and over the loop-forming bars, the thread which passes under the said bars forming itself into the central portion, 0, of the braid M, and the threads which pass over the said bars serving to form the loops d. The upwardly-projecting ends 6 of the loop-forming bars are extended upward sufficiently to reach the firm and com pact braid, so that when the braid is drawn from the ends of the said bars the loops (2 will be properly held by the braid.

The guide L for the braid can be omitted, the braid itself serving to hold the loop-forming bars, so as to prevent them from moving with the sliding standards G G; but the said guide tends to hold the braid in a central position and is usually employed, and a single loop-forming bar is employed when the braid is required to have but one looped edge.

I claim as my invention In combination, the upper plate provided with the carrier-tracks and the slot crossing the carrier-track, means for moving the carriers continuously forward along the carriertracks, the sliding standard adapted to move Within the slot to opposite sides of the carriertrack, the oppositely'aeting cams for producing the said movement, and the loop-forming bar, which is loosely'held upon the sliding standard, substantially as described.

ARNOLD S. HOOD.

Witnesses:

SooRATEs SoHoLFIELD, G. K. WINCHESTER. 

